social entr. forum 2013 - riga / why who how
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WHY
WHO
HOW
Janis Kinasts / @kinasts / SEF2013
Anne-Marie Willis «Ontological Designing – laying the
ground»
Ontological designing implies a radically different understanding of
design as practice and object than those generally available; it also
implies different ways of understanding how we, as modern subjects
‘are’ and how we come to be who/what we are in the modern world.
As theory it`s claims are:
That designing is fundamental to being human — we design, that is to
say, we deliberate, plan and scheme in ways which prefigure our actions
and makings — in turn we are designed by our designing and by that
which we have designed (i.e., through our interactions with the
structural and material specificities of our environments). This adds up
to a double movement — we design our world, while our world acts
back on us and designs us.
It`s a spark which starts the fire
It`s a thought which creates reality
But you need a human in between
WHO / COMMUNITY
LaB+371
Experimental placemaking design
team
NGO for young professionals
Non-traditional approach
HOW
NGO based
Non-profit project
Totally voluntary
ManaRiga
Urban iniative
Bottom-Up projects
Multidisciplinary approach
Placemaking
Invitation to Participate in the City
HOW
NGO based
Financial income is irregular
Money goes for activities not administration
It is not a status quo we are looking for, but it is crucial for us to stay independent
Volunteering in this project gives personal experience
Experiments, experiments, experiments...
DarbaVieta
Open coworking space in Riga
Platform for freelancers
Project based collaboration
Massive skill-sharing
HOW
NGO based
Non-profit project
Cashflow comes from the monthly memberships / rental fee
Self sufficient
For extra activities – grants
Managers work without the salary
Profits are non-material: skills / network / interaction / collaboration / change
community / DIY economy
Lessons learned
Critical content
Relational complexity
It takes a Community to be a Person
Money does not lead – it follows
... and there are many far more important Things
This is the Present from the Future
It comes from us
And it happens Now